tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135517.post8642722806688669297..comments2023-11-05T03:54:44.710-08:00Comments on Making it stick.: Whole TeamPatrick Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02088461489050417591noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135517.post-79989646723607128192007-06-28T15:10:00.000-07:002007-06-28T15:10:00.000-07:00"In the software world, without a Whole Team, we r..."In the software world, without a Whole Team, we really don't have anything. We're dead on square one. We should treat the creation of a Whole Team as vital and primary."<BR/><BR/>Fine.<BR/><BR/>"We should get out of the habit of talking abstractly about the nature of a Whole Team, and talk and think about it more concretely,"<BR/><BR/>OK...<BR/><BR/>"in terms of the practices that produce it, and in terms of how we can measure its quality in the reactivity and equanimity of individuals and groups of programmers and customers."<BR/><BR/>Oog. He lost me there. You can't *manage* a team into existence, you can only *inspire* one into existence. That has little to do with measurement, and especially not of "reactivity and equanimity"--those vary based on the mission and environment of the team.fumanchuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100140919727858844noreply@blogger.com